Damascus vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$315	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$4008
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	28	99
😀 Quality of life	39	100
🏙️ Population	2.69M	5.45M

The cost of living in Damascus is 75% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 7287th and 649th ($671 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Australia, respectively. Check Syria vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 7834th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Sydney

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	Damascus	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$19140

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710